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Kirtland Cutter (August 20, 1860 – September 26, 1939) was a 20th-century architect in the Pacific Northwest and California. He was born in East Rockport, Ohio, the great-grandson of Jared Potter Kirtland. [1] He studied painting and illustration at the Art Students League of New York.
During this period which lasted from 1948 to the mid-1970s, prolific architects in the city such as Warren C. Heylman gave Spokane a great breadth of mid-century architecture. The modernists in Spokane gave the city a new look and were instrumental in the developments, design, and legacy of the Expo '74 World's Fair in what is now Riverfront Park.
River City is situated alongside the Chicago River and consists of two 7- to 14-story, serpentine residential towers constructed of reinforced, poured-in-place concrete "shells" with 449 residential units, varying in size from studios to 4-bedroom penthouses. The towers sit on a 4-story post-and-beam "plinth" that contains approximately 225,000 ...
The area that is now the Ninth Avenue Historic District was inhabited by the Spokane people for centuries prior to American settlement. [6]A.M. Cannon, an early settler and developer in the Spokane area who arrived in 1878, [7] platted the area west of Cedar Street to 10th Avenue in 1883.
White was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1867 and was educated in the Chicago public school system. He began his architectural career working as a draftsman in the offices of W. W. Meyers, Sprague & Newell, and W. W. Clay. [1] He moved to Spokane, Washington, in 1890 and began working in the office of Herman Preusse.
Aug. 28—A large portrait of Jim Chase, the first Black mayor of not only Spokane but anywhere in Washington, was unveiled Wednesday by City Council President Betsy Wilkerson, who is today the ...
Spokane (/ s p oʊ ˈ k æ n / ⓘ spoh-KAN) [8] is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States.It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, 92 miles (148 km) south of the Canadian border, 18.5 miles (30 km) west of the Washington–Idaho border, and 279 miles (449 ...
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